VIOLENCE IN THE CITY

By Norma Iris Pagan Morales

Every country has its own rules and regulations, and these rules are

made to maintain harmony in the country.

Sometimes people neglect the rule and do some unwanted things and

others get disturbed. So, to have an eye on the society government

made police. Police are the government bodies that maintain peace in

socie

• Language: English
• Publisher: West Point Print and Media LLC
• Release date: May 11, 2023
• ISBN: 9781959895596

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Copyright © 2023 by Norma Iris Pagan Morales

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Acknowledgement

This book is dedicated to police officers all around the world. Thank you for your service.

Overview

Qualities of a Police Officer

Police Officers are the most trusted authorities of society. They help others without thinking about their life. They must face different problems while helping us. Still, they never hesitate, and this encourage young adults to become police officers.

Some major qualities of police are:

They help everyone rich or poor. They never discriminate against people for money.

They have the power to catch the criminals, and this develops a positive attitude in society because people fear of being caught when they do something wrong or illegal.

They never hesitate to handle any case because they are brave and courageous.

Introduction

Every country has its own rules and regulations, and these rules are made to maintain harmony in the country.

Sometimes people neglect the rule and do some unwanted things and others get disturbed. So, to have an eye on the society government made police. Police are the government bodies that maintain peace in society. They help people in different ways and never let people face any difficulty.

The Importance of a Police Officer

A police officer has many responsibilities, one side they must maintain peace in the society and the other side they also must catch the criminals. If the crime rate increases in a particular area, then they must answer the higher authorities. Police are not those who remain in a police station and write your report. They also ought to solve many cases and some unsolved murder mysteries.

They must be smart, brave, clever, and focused at the same time because a single mistake can keep the matter unsolved. Really, they are the real heroes. Many of us say, that it’s a duty of the police to maintain peace in society and decrease the crime rates.

In my opinion, one should also try his best and cooperate with the police officers. We live in society, and one should always keep his eyes open when he/she is out from home.

How to Cooperate with Police Officer

When you step out of the house always be careful. Sometimes a chain snatcher or a purse snatcher can attack you. Instead of cursing the police one should be alert on road. You know that the police cannot be present everywhere, there are more than 135 crore people in India, and it is not possible to provide security to each one.

Sometimes police can stop you and ask you a few things, so never obstruct their work and cooperate with them, because sometimes it is necessary to have some details regarding any case. So, rather misbehaving and arguing, respect them and answer them.

One of the most important things is to follow the rules, if the government has made certain rule please follow. You never know how difficult and annoying it is for the police, to always make sure that you are wearing a helmet. It is just for your safety; they make sure that everyone follows the rule.

Be a true citizen, suppose you see someone doing anything wrong just knock them. Being a citizen of the country, you also have equal rights to raise your voice against anything wrong. Nowadays people wait for the police and start making videos. Instead of making videos and posting it on social media, help others and the police at your level.

How Police Helps People

I don’t think I can mention all their duties and work in one book, but I will try my best to show the responsibilities of the police.

Contents

Acknowledgement

Overview

Introduction

Chapter 1. Crime in the Big Apple

Chapter 2. No Backup

Chapter 3. Domestic Disturbances

Chapter 4. Superheroes

Chapter 5. Nino

Chapter 6. The Arrest

Chapter 7. Walking the Beat

Chapter 8. The Suspect

Chapter 9. The Soldier

Chapter 10. The Missing Husband

Chapter 11. Junior is Missing

Chapter 12. Partners in Crime

Chapter 13. The Crocodile

Chapter 14. Police Stories

Chapter 15. Crime in Puerto Rico

Chapter 16. History of Puerto Rico

Chapter 17. The commonwealth of Puerto Rico

Chapter 18. European Settlement

Chapter 19. Liberal reforms and regional turmoil

Chapter 20. The Spanish-American War

Chapter 21. The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico

Chapter 22. Ponce, Puerto Rico

Chapter 23. Puerto Rico Line of Duty Deaths

Chapter 24. In Alaska

Chapter 25. Canada

Chapter 26. People Murdered in New York City

Chapter 27. Shooting in New York City

Chapter 28. NYPD Ways to End Gun Violence

Chapter 29. The NYPD will Deepen its Work

Chapter 30. Off-duty Vermont Sheriff’s Deputy Shot

Chapter 31. New York City a safe Place to Live

Chapter 32. Crime Rate in New York City

Chapter 33. NYC Gangsters

Chapter 34. The Cause of Crime Wave

Chapter 35. How to Build a Life

Chapter 36. Richmond, California sees ATM Crime Wave

Chapter 37. Youth Gangs

Chapter 38. Violent Crimes in Different Cities

References

About the Author

Chapter 1

Crime in the Big Apple

This is a serious situation that can happen to anyone. Police Officer John Anderson of the 5th Pct, in New York City. He is the narrator of this tale. He is trying to write a statement about an incident that occurred in his precinct.

Sometimes it is critical when we become angry, and that anger turns into mobilized actions designated to eliminate crime and disorder problems that terrorize the safety of any community.

When news of the terrorist attacks reached me, I was working on the piece that follows. It is the story of a single act of aggression inflicted by a police officer on the body of a citizen.

In the day, as the series of act of violence became apparent, it seemed a treat to concentrate on arranging words on a page.

To write a report on this incident, I really had a hard time. I even lost my thoughts.

Many have observed the events of September 11th, 2001, in their own way. It has changed everything. Perhaps it would be more accurate to say that they disclosed the underlying terms of existence. As a survivor of violence once observed.

Two weeks have now passed. New York City remains covered with ashes. The aftershock continues to unsettle our lives. Thousands of tragic individuals narrate experiences and their sufferings.

They spoke in detail about their tragic. The testimonies were endless. It was hard for any of them to deal with so much grief.

During much confusion, this much is clear: violence is prepared in the domain of words before it is inscribed on the bodies of human beings.

Consider what had to happen in the semantic realm for those who planned and executed mass murder on September 11th to be capable of such acts.

Our national efforts to come to terms with what happened on the 11th. The fates of whole populations now turn on the choices we make between words, on the metaphors we adopt, on the stories we tell.

As The New York Times resumes publication, we rededicate ourselves to the work on resisting violence wherever we encounter it, and in whatever form, by using language responsibly to call things by their true names.

In that spirit, we offer the following report:

One in an ongoing series on police violence in public housing located on the Delancey section of New York City sometimes called by some Alphabet City.

On the morning of Thursday, September 6th, Ray Brown went to buy some cigarettes, a 45-year-old resident of New York City. Brown was visiting a friend who lives in 5419 Avenue C, in the housing projects. He descended by way of the stairs because the elevators, as is often the case, were not working.

The open-air lobbies of the Delancey building, as residents refer to is the setting for an active drug marketplace. It is also the scene of much other activity.

The residents are always coming and going throughout the day. One can see children with brightly colored knapsacks heading out to school in the morning and returning in the afternoon. There were friends enjoying each other’s company in pleasant public space.

Even when stepping out for just a few minutes, Brown makes a point of taking his wallet containing identification, because he has been stopped by police who threatened him and charged him with criminal trespass.

He also carries a letter signed by his friend which states that he is on the development for the purpose of visiting her.

Brown bought some cigarettes three for a dollar from one of the men in the building then chatted with friends.

As Brown was talking to his friends, the police appeared out of nowhere. There were five unmarked cars and a police wagon. They were looking for drug dealers. The dealers fled upstairs. The community members in the vicinity began to disperse.

When Brown saw the police, he returned to the lobby… He remembered very clear that he walked away. He didn’t run. He walked at a normal pace. His only intention was to pass through the lobby, out the other side to go to the store.

I got halfway past the mailboxes, he recalled, and that’s the last thing I remember. I woke up spitting teeth.

According to witnesses, a plainclothes police officer ran up behind Brown and hit him with full force in the back. It was with something that resembled a baseball bat. The impact slammed him face first to the ground and sent his body skidding forward some fifteen feet.

It was, a witness said of the sound, like an egg hitting the ground and smashing. Brown was blind-sided. He had no warning that the blow was coming. The officer said nothing prior to striking him. He didn’t say, ‘I’m an officer.’ He didn’t say, ‘Stop!’ He didn’t say anything.

Witnesses said that the officer’s name is Thomas Di Angelo. Everyone knows Di Angelo because he is a corrupted and enjoys abusing his power as a police officer.

Brown passed out briefly. He lay face down on the concrete. His nose was broken. His two top front teeth were knocked out and driven through his upper lip.

"I sat up on the ground, trying to compose myself. Another plainclothes police officer said, ‘Get your black ass up. There isn’t anything wrong with you. Get your black ass up.’ I rolled over and got on my knees.

As I was getting up, he grabbed my arm and slammed me up against the wall."

This police officer took him to the police wagon where they were collecting dozens of people they had arrested. As far as Brown knows, he was the only one they roughed up.

He was bleeding freely. He overheard the sergeant at the door of the police wagon say, Get him out of here. They took him to the paramedics.

The paramedic who treated him was very nice. He took him outside to find his two front teeth in the hope that they could be restored.

Brown had been unconscious, therefore, the paramedic insisted that he must be taken to the hospital to be examined.

The ambulance took him to Bellevue Hospital. He was accompanied by two uniformed officers. They were really nice, stated Brown. They said they couldn’t understand why Police Officer Di Angelo did that to me.

After he was examined at Bellevue, he was taken to the police station. When he entered the station, he heard some smart remarks like ‘You won’t try to run from the police no more, will you?’ But he also observed a good deal of uneasiness about his condition. There were a lot of mixed emotions down at that police station.

He saw the officer who slammed him to the ground. I asked him, ‘Why did you do that to me?’ He didn’t say anything. He just walked off.

While waiting to be booked, Brown overheard discussion among the police about whether they should give him another charge resisting arrest or selling drugs. He also heard an exchange in which they were trying to get someone other than the one that assaulted me to sign the police report.

He is not sure what the outcome was. At the end, he was charged with criminal trespass and solicitation of unlawful business.

He was taken to Central Booking at One Police Plaza where he spent the night. In pain from his injuries, he was unable to sleep. He was released on his own recognition on Friday morning and returned to Delancey’s Housing Projects.

Out of my forty-something years, this has never happened to me, Brown observed. They want to categorize and put everybody in the same boat.

In telling his story, he took pains not to do the same with respect to the police. He didn’t to put them all in the same boat. All police are not bad. He recalled the solicitude of the two officers who took him to the hospital and the comments of others who were offended by what was done to him.

Me myself, I don’t bother anybody. I treat the police with the utmost respect. If they ask me a question, I answer them. If they tell me to go over there, I go over there. If they tell me to sit down, I sit down. But Police Officer Di Angelo assaulted me to the fullest and thought nothing of it.

Police Officer Anderson thought about the incident. He sees these cases day in and day out. Brown vs. Di Angelo case was treated fair.

Police Officer Thomas Di Angelo was terminated from the police force. He was sentenced to a five-year sentence for assaulting a citizen. He had other cases pending; therefore, he lost his police pension.

Chapter 2

No Backup

I am retired Detective Michael Mc Donald and the story you are about to read is true. As you read you will be more knowledgeable of the work of a police officer.

During the first several years that I worked as a police officer, I was assigned to the 25 Precinct. That precinct is in Spanish Harlem, in New York City.

My partner was Police Officer Raymond Martinez. We learned to handle many types of calls by ourselves just because there were many times a back-up was not available. Sometimes your back-up was twenty or thirty miles away.

It would be nice to think that the public, the people you are trying to help, would come to your aid, but you quickly learn that all too often they won’t lift a hand to help.

There are people out there who will go out of their way to help an officer, but they seem to be few and far between. It appears that a lot of people feel that officers are paid to take the risks and they aren’t paid to get hurt trying to assist the Police.

This may be true, but the officer sees it as just another example of how the public doesn’t care about any law enforcement. There is a wall between the officers and the people.

For the public, a police officer gets paid for their protection….

One evening, I received a disturbance call from 96 Street and 5th Avenue. The neighbors called and said it sounded like a fight was going on next door. There were about twenty duplex units in this complex.

It was early evening and when I arrived, and I found about half the residents outside in their yards watching what was going on. Police Officer Martinez was busy at the precinct, so I proceeded on my own. I thought that I would go and investigate. It was just a disturbance call….

I could hear shouting coming from the unit I had been sent to. I approached the apartment knowing that my back-up would not arrive for at least ten minutes, due to this location at the time of the call.

The door flew open as I got about twenty feet from it. A man in his early twenties, about my size, came out. He walked as if he was going for a walk. I told him that I wanted to talk to him.

He said something to the effect that he